33% of organizations reported remediating critical vulnerabilities within one to three days in 2025, compared to 32% for high-importance vulnerabilities.

Only 9% of security and IT operators being 'very confident' in their remediation capabilities in 2025.

38% of organizations reported remediating critical vulnerabilities within 24 hours in 2025, compared to 35% for high-importance vulnerabilities.

Almost 50% of organizations reported using more than five security tools in 2025.

60% of IT and security operators do not have any remediation SLAs in 2025, and among those that track SLAs, 65% have to analyze data manually.

53% of security and IT teams experiencing tool sprawl reported low confidence in remediation in 2025, compared to 35% who do not experience tool sprawl.

33% of respondents stated that more remediation guidance and code snippets would help them remediate significantly faster in 2025.

33% of respondents reported using manual processes, such as spreadsheets, for tracking vulnerability remediation marking a significant reliance on non-automated methods.

27% of respondents reported using the Atlassian Suite/JIRA for tracking vulnerability remediation.

14% reported using Azure DevOps for tracking vulnerability remediation.

Seventy-eight percent of organizations reported finding fewer than five vulnerabilities per machine per month, according to a survey of IT and security teams.

Ten percent of organizations report finding between six and ten vulnerabilities per machine per month.

37% of respondents expressed concern about lack of traceability or rollback options as a pain point for automation.

Only 11% of organizations reported finding more than ten vulnerabilities per machine per month in 2025.

Ten percent of organizations reported that the DevOps/Product engineering team is primarily responsible for remediating vulnerabilities and misconfigurations reported by security.

Fourteen percent of organizations indicated that the security team is primarily responsible for remediating vulnerabilities and misconfigurations reported by security.

At 46% of companies, vulnerability remediation is a shared responsibility between security and IT operations teams.

40% of respondents reported 'too many siloed tools' as a significant pain point in vulnerability remediation.

40% of respondents indicated 'not enough visibility' as a significant pain point in vulnerability remediation.

52% of organizations surveyed reported their remediation efforts either quarterly, rarely, or never.